Tom Rice: “I think voters don't mind doing that, as she said, if they see that it will go directly to projects that benefit them.”

What glares at you when you read this opinion is about a big omission in the background-check procedure.

I have made my opinions very well known. I know I did the right thing. I would do it again tomorrow. I don`t vote for the job. I vote to do the right thing. I don`t vote for a man. I vote to uphold the Constitution.

Too often when we see tragedies like this, in our immediate reaction, we try to go too far, and we can't find a solution that we can get across the line.

We have to realize we have to get a majority, right? We have to reach consensus.